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People

The people behind the ideas Omzoe works with — the authors, teachers and practitioners whose thinking the Compass and the practice draw on, and what each of them actually said.

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    Rhonda Byrne

    Australian television producer whose 2006 film and book The Secret revived global interest in the law of attraction.

    The media producer behind The Secret, whose documentary and book repackaged early twentieth-century New Thought into a global law-of-attraction phenomenon.

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    Richard Bandler

    American co-creator of neuro-linguistic programming whose workshops shaped modern coaching and commercial self-help.

    The co-creator of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), whose reframing and anchoring techniques spread widely through coaching despite weak empirical support.

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    Robert Anton Wilson

    American writer whose satirical novels and essays taught readers to hold every model loosely — model agnosticism — rather than mistaking maps for territory.

    The former Playboy editor and co-author of the Illuminatus! trilogy who spent his career questioning belief itself, including his own.

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    Robert Cialdini

    American social psychologist whose field research mapped the psychology of persuasion, compliance and social cues.

    The Arizona State University social psychologist and author of Influence, who organized compliance research into six principles of persuasion.

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    Robert Collier

    American mail-order publisher and New Thought writer whose The Secret of the Ages linked desire, imagery and action.

    The direct-mail copywriter and author of The Secret of the Ages, who blended persuasive commercial writing with New Thought visualization.

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    Robert Monroe

    Founder of the Monroe Institute whose sound recordings and books popularised exploration of altered states of consciousness.

    Founder of the Monroe Institute and developer of Hemi-Sync audio, whose accounts of altered awareness shaped modern interest in sound-assisted meditation.

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    Rudolf Steiner

    Austrian philosopher and esoteric teacher who founded Anthroposophy, Waldorf education and biodynamic agriculture.

    The founder of Anthroposophy and Waldorf education, whose vast lecture corpus combined German idealism, Christian esotericism and practical institutions.

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    Sadhguru

    Indian yoga teacher, author and founder of the Isha Foundation whose programmes pair classical yogic practices with mass-media commentary.

    The founder of the Isha Foundation and author of Inner Engineering, whose global yoga programmes blend breath and meditation practices with wide-ranging public talks.

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    Shakti Gawain

    American writer and co-founder of New World Library who brought creative visualisation into mainstream self-help.

    The author of Creative Visualization and co-founder of New World Library, who popularized guided mental imagery and affirmation notebooks.

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    Sigmund Freud

    Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis whose model of unconscious conflict reshaped Western culture.

    The Viennese founder of psychoanalysis whose writings on dreams, defence mechanisms and unconscious motives transformed modern talk of inner life.

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    Swami Vivekananda

    Indian Hindu monk and philosopher who introduced Vedanta and Yoga to Western audiences and founded the Ramakrishna Mission.

    The disciple of Ramakrishna and founder of the Ramakrishna Mission, whose 1893 Chicago address and books on Raja Yoga shaped modern global spirituality.

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    Thomas Troward

    Legal thinker and lecturer who gave New Thought a deliberately systematic philosophical voice.

    The author of the Edinburgh Lectures, whose logical presentation of mind and causation influenced New Thought while remaining a metaphysical system rather than demonstrated science.

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